I absolutely love this piece! And this performance is stellar as well - some of the dissonances are balanced so well that they don't even quite sound real anymore, and the plain ol' major triads are also ridiculously well tuned. Like that chord at 0:49, it sounds almost metallic somehow, even though all parts are singing a slightly different vowel =P The only thing that still bugs me a little is the realised minor third in the last chord. Not as cool as the bare fifth I'm afraid =P
Perhaps Purcell thought about the open fifth, but eventually chose the minor key instead. I would not presume to second guess Purcell, though. I think he knew what he was doing. When I play music from this period, I sometimes use the open fifth at the end instead of a minor key, so I find myself thinking like you, Sarah, regarding the open fifth. Not that I drink from an open fifth, mind you.
This piece is very dissonant for the times, likely to express the pain represented in the words. I expect Purcell elected to end with the minor 3rd to help maintain that dissonance, in accordance with the pain expressed throughout the rest of the piece. No ending in peace, only in pain, for this great work. To me, the ending is as perfect as the rest of the work, when you take what this represents. Sheer genius.
Perhaps the best choral piece ever written.
Heavenly. This is a true prayer.
One of the best pieces of classical music ever written, certainly one of my favourites!
Aw man, thanks. I'm pretty proud of it.
Short but perfectly formed - the slower the speed, the more delicious the dissonances.
I love the soprano tone and semitone jumps and changes it’s so beautiful
I end the day with this prayer.
A more apt setting of the word "crying" is hard to imagine.
Exactly I agree
I am guessing you meant the fourth bar before the end?
wow tears...amazing
I absolutely love this piece! And this performance is stellar as well - some of the dissonances are balanced so well that they don't even quite sound real anymore, and the plain ol' major triads are also ridiculously well tuned. Like that chord at 0:49, it sounds almost metallic somehow, even though all parts are singing a slightly different vowel =P
The only thing that still bugs me a little is the realised minor third in the last chord. Not as cool as the bare fifth I'm afraid =P
Thanks for uploading this, friend, it's one of the pieces I take the most pride in. They sang it very nicely!
so beautiful, so perfect
Incredibly moving!
Beautiful. Thanks so much.
Purcell at his best.
stunning!
1:02 Nice harmony. ;-)
What the fudge was that?!?!? WOW! The dissonances and resolutions...tears!
This is delicious. And the text makes you yearn for humbling
Tolle Intonation und Spannung, in der Dissonanzen voll zur Wirkung kommen!
Dankeschon!
brividi...
Actually, it's baroque.
@Sophie Harbridge Purcell is most certainly baroque ( early )
Renaissance polyphony at its best!
Baroque.
"Renaissance"? Sacrilegous!
Taking margotlorena's place, are we? :O
The music almost works against itself.
Just as the spirit wrestles with the flesh
Hate to be that guy... 00:34 Alto 2 .............
Ha, hahaha. I cackled.
Why?
@@gorelash9056 They sing a wrong note on beat 4. They sing F when it says on E
@@DrChrisF exactly, wrong note.
there is a 5 minute + version of this does anyone know what it's called?
I’m guessing you’re thinking of the Sven-David Sandstrom’s arrangement? That one is about 6 minutes and very cool! Same title
groß Kontrapunkt
youtube pls.
Buy "Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 35: I. Allegretto - Allegro vivace- Moderato" on
Ah, John Rutter....
What is with the minor 3rd at the end?? Raaahhhh!!! It's so beautiful anyway. x
Perhaps Purcell thought about the open fifth, but eventually chose the minor key instead. I would not presume to second guess Purcell, though. I think he knew what he was doing. When I play music from this period, I sometimes use the open fifth at the end instead of a minor key, so I find myself thinking like you, Sarah, regarding the open fifth. Not that I drink from an
open fifth, mind you.
This piece is very dissonant for the times, likely to express the pain represented in the words. I expect Purcell elected to end with the minor 3rd to help maintain that dissonance, in accordance with the pain expressed throughout the rest of the piece.
No ending in peace, only in pain, for this great work.
To me, the ending is as perfect as the rest of the work, when you take what this represents. Sheer genius.
The third is not supposed to be there, it was a mistake by the organ in the background.